Railway



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R. P. FADDIS.

RAILWAY.

No. 390,014. Patented Sept. 25, 1888.

INVENTOR M ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT P. FADDIS, OF SOGORRO, TERRITORY OF vNEIV MEXICO.

RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,014, datedSeptember 25, 1888.

Application filed January 17, 1888. Serial No. 261,070.

To all whom it may-concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT P. FADDIS, of Socorro, in the county ofSocorro, Territory ofNew Mexico, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Railways, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention is an improvement in railways; and it consists in certainnovel construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view .of a section of trackconstructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectionthereof. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the ties, and Fig. 4 is adetail perspective view showing the outer end of one of the ties inconnection witlh the stirrup and part of the stringer and ral Thestringers A A may be of any suitable length, and are preferably made oftimbers of sufficient size and strength to stand the traffic for whichthe track is intended, as my invention is applicable alike to street andsteam railways.

The ties B are made of metal and rest transversely on the stringers, thelatter being preferably cut out slightly at a, forming recesses, inwhich the ties are seated, so the rails C may rest flat on thestringers. The recesses a may be readily cutout with an adz or othersuitable implement.

Near their ends the ties B have upwardlyprojected portions 1), whichengage the outer side edges of the rails, as shown most clearly in Fig.2. When the rails are seated on such ties and rest against the innersides of the portions b, it is practically impossible for the track tospread, and when the ties are fastened tothe stringers,and the rails arefastened in engagement with portions 1) b, the track will be firm andsecure. I form the ties with extensions or portions 1), which extendlaterally beyond the portions b and project in practice past the outeredges of the stringers.

In the construction shown the ties and stringers are held together bystirrups D, which embrace the stringers from below, having theirarmsextended up along the opposite sides of the stringers through thecross-tie, and secured above said crosstiefit may be,by nuts, as shown.The extensions b provide for the engagement of the ties by the outerarms of the stirrups, as will be seen.

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stirrups form a very secure and firm fastening for the ties,and onewhich may be readily applied and removed.

To fasten the inner edges of the rails,I provide spikes E,driven intothe ties and engag ing the inner edges of the rails, so as to secure theouter edges thereof in firm engagement with the upwardly-projectedportions 1) of the ties. By preference, these spikes E are driventhrough the metal ties for the reasons that thereby a stronger seat orbearing is provided for the spike, and the spike serves as an auxiliaryfastening for the tie.

The track may in practice be ballasted in any suitable way.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. In arailway-track, a metallic tie having its ends divided or splitlongitudinally, and

'having one portion turned upward at b and adapted to engage the rail,and the portion b extended outward, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

2. The combination, in a railway-track,of the stringers, the metallicties B, having'portions b b, the rails, and fastenings, substantially asand for the purposes specified.

3. In a railway-track, the combination of the stringers, thecross-ties,made of metal and formed with upwardly-projecting portions bb, arranged to engage the outer sides of the rails, and with lateralextensions b 1) beyond said portionsb Z),the stirrups embracing thestringers and having their arms projected up on opposite sides thereofthrough openings in the ties and secured, the rails engaged on theirouter sides by the portions 0 b, and spikes for securing the inner sidesor edges of the rails to the stringers, all substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

4. The combination of the stringers, the metal ties rested thereon andhaving upwardly-projected portions for engaging the outer sides of therails, fastenings for securing the ties to the stringers, the rails, andspikes D,for securing the inner sides of the rails,said spikes beingdriven through the ties into the stringers, substantially as set forth.

R. P. FADDIS.

